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Division 3
Scott Miller
Scott Miller would work to help rate payers by increasing district revenue from hydroelectric relicensing if re-elected to the NID Division 3 seat.He sees the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission re-licensing as a chance to increase water storage, including building a taller dam at Rollins Lake, Miller said. During his eight years on the board, Miller has secured money for southern Nevada County residents with dry wells to get piped, treated and raw water to their communities. Miller is a family physician with a practice near Lake of the Pines and has been active in local school and youth programs. A Vallejo native, Miller has practiced medicine since 1983. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and completed his medical training at the University of Louisville. The 16-year south county resident was first elected in 2000.
Michael Straight
Protecting water rights, planning for more water storage, creating funding sources to help people with poorly producing wells and developing innovative income streams to offset rising water costs are imperative for the NID, Division 3 candidate Michael Straight said. Straight earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from California State University, Fullerton. He has been a licensed real estate broker for 30 years and owns VIP Properties. In the 1970s, he served as the director of the Nevada County Resource Conservation District; he chaired a south county subcommittee for the county's 1995 General Plan update. Straight served on the NID Lower Cascade Canal Project public advisory group and was president of the South Nevada County Mutual Water Company, developed to bring raw water to 150 parcels with dry wells. He has lived in Nevada County 35 years.
Division 5
Brad Fowler
Rather than sell surplus water outside of the district, NID Division 5 candidate Brad Fowler believes the water could be used to supply local residential and agricultural needs. He will "jealousy protect" and "defend" NID's water rights, Fowler said. Raising dams on existing reservoirs would have little environmental impacts while increasing the district's water storage, he added. Fowler graduated from Nevada Union High School and is a U.S. Army veteran. He received an associate of arts degree in business management from Sierra College. He is sales and marketing manager for Live Wire Products Inc. Fowler is the owner of the Goat Works, a brush clearing business, and Fowler Family Farms, raising meat chickens with his wife Alana. Fowler is a seventh-generation Nevada County native.
Martin Harmon
NID must increase water storage to meet residential demands, Division 5 candidate Martin Harmon said. Directors should look at treated wastewater to meet agricultural use, Harmon said. He would work to make rate payers' rights come first, develop water resources before growth occurs and make environmental protection a high priority. Government grant money combined with contributions from developers could help extend water pipelines to people who need it, Harmon said. He is a lifelong Penn Valley resident. Harmon manages Gold Country Ranch and worked with the California Department of Fish and Game to preserve fish habitat in Placer and Nevada counties. Harmon is vice president of Western Care Construction of Rocklin and has served as a consulting engineer for Placer County Water Agency. He ran for the Nevada County Board of Supervisors and later the Sierra College board in 2006.
Jack Meeks
John "Jack" Meeks believes NID must lobby more actively in Sacramento with other rural districts to protect water rights from thirsty populations outside the district, he said. Affordable water for food crops should continue, but the district should resist offering cheap water to irrigate golf courses, Meeks said. He has been a raw water customer since 1990 and brings a background in education, engineering, biochemistry and agriculture to the NID Division 5 race. Meeks received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University in 1950 and an M.S. in biochemistry from Cornell University in 1971. He served on the Nevada County Governing Board of Education for 14 years. He is a honey producer and has served on the Nevada County Beekeepers Association Board since 1990. He competed 10 times in the 100-mile Tevis endurance horse race.
Glenn Orren
NID will face significant costs dealing with a $10 million process to renew its hydro-electric license, handling an emergency such as a drought or extending a pipeline, Division 5 candidate Glenn Orren said. Both new sources for water storage and opportunities for conservation among agricultural water users need to be examined to protect supplies, Orren said. He describes himself as a "techie" manager with analytical skills and a long list of community service. A Lake Wildwood resident, Orren has a B.S. in applied math from California Polytechnic State University and graduate work in computer sciences from Rutgers University and Golden Gate University. He worked as a computer applications programmer, systems programmer, analyst, operations and project manager for companies including Pacific Telephone, Bell Telephone Laboratories, AT&T and Pacific Bell.
Nick Wilcox
NID should be more proactive in helping people hook up to the district's water lines, Division 5 candidate Nick Wilcox said. Marketing surplus water on the statewide water market is one way NID can ensure rates remain affordable. The terms of the new FERC license will have a significant impact on NID's water supply and the environment, he added.
He has a bachelor's degree in biology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and is a former science teacher. He entered the water field as a chemist and laboratory director for Cranmer Engineering Water Analysis Lab in Grass Valley, where he worked for 13 years. He worked as an environmental scientist for the California State Water Resource Control Board in the division of water rights, eventually as chief of the Bay-Delta unit. Wilcox has lived in Nevada County for 37 years. This is his second run for the Division 5 seat.
Scott Miller
Scott Miller would work to help rate payers by increasing district revenue from hydroelectric relicensing if re-elected to the NID Division 3 seat.He sees the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission re-licensing as a chance to increase water storage, including building a taller dam at Rollins Lake, Miller said. During his eight years on the board, Miller has secured money for southern Nevada County residents with dry wells to get piped, treated and raw water to their communities. Miller is a family physician with a practice near Lake of the Pines and has been active in local school and youth programs. A Vallejo native, Miller has practiced medicine since 1983. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara and completed his medical training at the University of Louisville. The 16-year south county resident was first elected in 2000.
Michael Straight
Protecting water rights, planning for more water storage, creating funding sources to help people with poorly producing wells and developing innovative income streams to offset rising water costs are imperative for the NID, Division 3 candidate Michael Straight said. Straight earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from California State University, Fullerton. He has been a licensed real estate broker for 30 years and owns VIP Properties. In the 1970s, he served as the director of the Nevada County Resource Conservation District; he chaired a south county subcommittee for the county's 1995 General Plan update. Straight served on the NID Lower Cascade Canal Project public advisory group and was president of the South Nevada County Mutual Water Company, developed to bring raw water to 150 parcels with dry wells. He has lived in Nevada County 35 years.
Division 5
Brad Fowler
Rather than sell surplus water outside of the district, NID Division 5 candidate Brad Fowler believes the water could be used to supply local residential and agricultural needs. He will "jealousy protect" and "defend" NID's water rights, Fowler said. Raising dams on existing reservoirs would have little environmental impacts while increasing the district's water storage, he added. Fowler graduated from Nevada Union High School and is a U.S. Army veteran. He received an associate of arts degree in business management from Sierra College. He is sales and marketing manager for Live Wire Products Inc. Fowler is the owner of the Goat Works, a brush clearing business, and Fowler Family Farms, raising meat chickens with his wife Alana. Fowler is a seventh-generation Nevada County native.
Martin Harmon
NID must increase water storage to meet residential demands, Division 5 candidate Martin Harmon said. Directors should look at treated wastewater to meet agricultural use, Harmon said. He would work to make rate payers' rights come first, develop water resources before growth occurs and make environmental protection a high priority. Government grant money combined with contributions from developers could help extend water pipelines to people who need it, Harmon said. He is a lifelong Penn Valley resident. Harmon manages Gold Country Ranch and worked with the California Department of Fish and Game to preserve fish habitat in Placer and Nevada counties. Harmon is vice president of Western Care Construction of Rocklin and has served as a consulting engineer for Placer County Water Agency. He ran for the Nevada County Board of Supervisors and later the Sierra College board in 2006.
Jack Meeks
John "Jack" Meeks believes NID must lobby more actively in Sacramento with other rural districts to protect water rights from thirsty populations outside the district, he said. Affordable water for food crops should continue, but the district should resist offering cheap water to irrigate golf courses, Meeks said. He has been a raw water customer since 1990 and brings a background in education, engineering, biochemistry and agriculture to the NID Division 5 race. Meeks received a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University in 1950 and an M.S. in biochemistry from Cornell University in 1971. He served on the Nevada County Governing Board of Education for 14 years. He is a honey producer and has served on the Nevada County Beekeepers Association Board since 1990. He competed 10 times in the 100-mile Tevis endurance horse race.
Glenn Orren
NID will face significant costs dealing with a $10 million process to renew its hydro-electric license, handling an emergency such as a drought or extending a pipeline, Division 5 candidate Glenn Orren said. Both new sources for water storage and opportunities for conservation among agricultural water users need to be examined to protect supplies, Orren said. He describes himself as a "techie" manager with analytical skills and a long list of community service. A Lake Wildwood resident, Orren has a B.S. in applied math from California Polytechnic State University and graduate work in computer sciences from Rutgers University and Golden Gate University. He worked as a computer applications programmer, systems programmer, analyst, operations and project manager for companies including Pacific Telephone, Bell Telephone Laboratories, AT&T and Pacific Bell.
Nick Wilcox
NID should be more proactive in helping people hook up to the district's water lines, Division 5 candidate Nick Wilcox said. Marketing surplus water on the statewide water market is one way NID can ensure rates remain affordable. The terms of the new FERC license will have a significant impact on NID's water supply and the environment, he added.
He has a bachelor's degree in biology from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and is a former science teacher. He entered the water field as a chemist and laboratory director for Cranmer Engineering Water Analysis Lab in Grass Valley, where he worked for 13 years. He worked as an environmental scientist for the California State Water Resource Control Board in the division of water rights, eventually as chief of the Bay-Delta unit. Wilcox has lived in Nevada County for 37 years. This is his second run for the Division 5 seat.
